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PISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



During the last biennial period the following species and numbers 

 of trout and salmon have been distributed : 



Rainbow trout 16.065,185 



Loch Leven 9,375,460 



Steelhead 9,610,085 



Eastern brook 5.535,340 



Brown trout 3,906,219 



Large lake 2,358,500 



Cut-throat 284,000 



Black spotted 4,147,480 



Golden trout 821,000 



Salmon 26,728,590 



Except for a short period the streams have been unusually low and 

 the fish have suffered accordingly ; not only have they not had sufficient 

 water in the streams, but the low water period has caused them to con- 

 gregate in pools where they were easily caught as well as being the prey 

 of their natural enemies. The legislature of 1927 enacted a law giving 

 the Director of Natural Kesources, with the consent of the Governor, 

 the authority, when recommended by the Fish and Game Commis- 



Fig. 10. Domingo Springs Holding Tank, as it appeared in February, 1928, 

 when operations began. Several days must be spent in clearing snow away when 

 mountain hatcheries are first opened. 



sioners, to close any lake or stream in the state when it is deemed 

 advisable so to do, to allow the fish to develop to a larger size or to 

 protect lakes and streams that have recently been stocked. This was 

 legislation that should have been passed years ago as inestimable good 

 can be accomplished by closing streams and lakes to prevent them from 

 being depleted of practically all fish life as well as to create nursery 

 grounds where the young may develop before descending into larger 

 bodies of water. Lakes may be closed so that additional spawning 

 fish may be had and many other advantages to the fish life can be 

 developed by closing certain lakes and streams. 



We again recommend that all spearing of fish be prohibited in this 

 state as it is a slaughter of the fish generally when they are on their 

 spawning beds or on the way to the breeding grounds. 



